PhotoTaking advantage of the Miami Marlins’ desire to shed salaries as quickly as possible, the Seattle Mariners on Thursday acquired Dee Gordon, a two-time All-Star, to take over in center field. On offense, Gordon, the son of the former major leaguer Tom Gordon, is more of a known quantity. Perhaps more important for Seattle than the acquisition of Gordon, though, was the additional international bonus pool money. Before this trade, and one with Minnesota yesterday, the Mariners had been behind the Texas Rangers ($3.54 million) and the Los Angeles Angels ($2.315 million). All three teams have considerably more than the $300,000 available from each of the other four teams Ohtani has identified as contenders.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 03:33 UTC